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Guilty Verdict for Occupy Activist an “Attack on Dissent”
Attorney Kevin Zeese discusses how the judge hearing Cecily McMillan's case did not allow the defense to show images which would have proven that the activist was reacting to …
Danny Glover and Kathleen Cleaver on “Black Power Mixtape,” Rare Footage Capturing Movement’s Rise
Based on the film with the same name, the extraordinary new book “The Black Power Mixtape” chronicles the black freedom movement in the United States using found footage of …
Is Kashmir an Issue of Self-Determination?
This is an opportunity to explore a vexing but significant topic in the field of human rights: self-determination.
Brown Student Lena Sclove Speaks Out After School Lets Her Accused Rapist Return to Campus
The issue of sexual assault on college campuses has been in the spotlight this week with a White House task force urging schools to take action.
Affirmative Action Ruling Will Further Racial Inequality
Bruce Dixon: The Supreme Court decision furthers institutional advantages of whites under the guise of colorblindness.
Incarcerated Workers Launch Nonviolent Work Strike Against “New Jim Crow” Across Alabama Prisons
Peaceful protest demands wages for labor, end to overcrowding and inhumane conditions, transformation of American justice system.
Was Kansas Shooting Avoidable? White Supremacist was Ex-Informant with Criminal Past and Hateful Views
Notorious white supremacist Frazier Glenn Miller has been charged with killing three people at two Jewish community sites in Kansas. Miller has openly railed against Jews and African Americans …
The Boston Marathon Bombing Shows Why Surveillance State Doesn’t Work
One year after the Boston Marathon bombing the ACLU's Kade Crockford questions whether the surveillance practices of law enforcement and an increased militarized police force equals safer streets.
Statement of Make It Safe Coalition on 25th Anniversary of Whistleblower Protection Act
Today, the Make It Safe Coalition marks the 25th anniversary of the Whistleblower Protection Act, the primary law ensuring freedom of speech and accountability in the federal workplace, and …
The US and the Indonesian Right: A Look at Anti-Democratic Pro-Capitalist Crimes
Many in the international human rights community see what is happening in West Papua as a deliberate, ongoing process of genocide of West Papua's indigenous people.